Analysis of Angels From the Realms of Glory
James Montgomery 1771 (Irvine) – 1854
1. Angels from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight over all the earth;
Ye who sang creation's story
Now proclaim the Messiah's birth.
Chorus
Come and worship, come and worship
Worship Christ, the newborn King.
2. Shepherds, in the field abiding,
Watching over your flocks by night,
God with us is now residing;1
Yonder shines the infant light: Chorus
3. Sages, leave your contemplations,
Brighter visions beam afar;
Seek the great Desire of nations;
Ye have seen His natal star. Chorus
4. Saints, before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear;
Suddenly the Lord, descending,
In His temple shall appear. Chorus
5. Sinners, wrung with true repentance,
Doomed for guilt to endless pains,
Justice now revokes the sentence,
Mercy calls you, break your chains. Chorus
6.2 Though an infant now we view Him,
He shall fill His Father's throne,
Gather all nations to Him;
Every knee shall then bow down: Chorus
These next verses are later additions, not written by Montgomery:
7.3 Lord of Heaven, we adore Thee,
God the Father, God the Son,
God the Spirit, One in glory,
On the same eternal throne. Chorus
8.4 All creation, join in praising
God, the Father, Spirit, Son,
Evermore your voices raising
To the eternal Three in One. Chorus
Scheme | ABAB CXD DXDC CXXC DXDC EXEC FXFC A AGAC DGDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101110 11110101 111110 101011 10 10101010 1010101 10001010 10101111 11111010 101010110 10111 1010101 101010110 111110110 10101010 1010101 10001010 011010110 10111010 1111101 1011010 101111110 11101111 1111101 1011011 1001111110 11101100101101010 11101011 1010101 10101010 101010110 10101010 1010101 1011010 1001010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,211 |
Words | 217 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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